On The Power Of Documentary Photography

With the arrival of we-media era, the public widely choose the mobile phone to take photos and community platform to spread information. Photography have directly participate in every aspect of social activities and become our the vital media of communication. In all kinds of photography, documentary photography has a unique status because it has played an irreplaceable role in reflecting in social problems and promoting social transformation. Falling on the great reform in an all-round way, all kinds of social problem are complicated and changeable. So, documentary photography is of great use. So, this paper, would discusses the historical experience of the development of documentary photography to provide references for the practice of documentary photography. This paper has used the documentary and statistical analysis method to comb the development of the documentary photography, especially the typical historical events to prove documentary photography has the power to promote the reform. Besides, with the development of the science and technology and the popularization of the photographer tool, it will become more and more powerful. On this basis, it takes the method of historical comparative research to discuss the the source of documentary photography’s power from the image itself, the motivation of photographer,and interpretation of works and reveal the inherent law of the process of its production and coming into play in the society.